Extreme Networks has joined The Green Grid, a global consortium that promotes the adoption of energy efficient standards, processes, measurements and technologies within data centres.

Environmental legislation, consumer pressure and the credit crunch are all contributing to an imminent explosion in the demand for products and services that assist the greening of IT, predicts UK compliance specialist IT Governance.

Hants-based Midex, a specialist in the processing and reuse of end of life IT and WEEE (waste electrical and electronic) goods, has completed a project for Central Telecom, collecting supplies of redundant telephone equipment and accessories from its offices in Burton on Trent in Staffordshire.

West Yorkshire telecoms group Link Telecom has now handed over a total of £30,000 to the NSPCC following the success of a mobile phones recycling campaign.

A study of over 3,500 dedicated servers by European hosting company Amenworld.com has found that on average servers needlessly use 1000 kWh of energy, producing an excess of 632Kg of CO2 per server per year.

This is the equivalent of 2643 jumbo jets each carrying 423 passengers flying to India and back, or one person making over a million return trips to India in a year.

The team at Cramlington-based mobile airtime and handset distributor Fone Logistics have swapped their traditional fuel guzzling company cars for the latest eco -friendly set of wheels.

Following the publication of the Government's Green IT strategy, ‘Greening Government ICT', which aims to make public sector IT carbon neutral by 2012, Lynne Munns, General Manager of Version One, has highlighted the important role document management systems could play in meeting Government's green IT targets.

In a power consumption study of IP telephony components conducted by independent testing firm, The Tolly Group, the ShoreTel Unified Communications system held a clear advantage over the Cisco Unified Communications Manager, requiring up to 45 percent less energy, claims the study. Testing and analysis was conducted across three classes of enterprise deployments.

The EU commission has stated that CO2 emissions from the IT sector are comparable to that of the vilified Aviation sector and, it is reportedly considering potentially fierce legislation if the industry fails to take action.

Almost all senior finance professionals are on message regarding Green issues and the negative impact their company is having on the environment, but despite the high level of environmental concern only 49% believe their organisations are sufficiently environmental friendly.